KARACHI: Pearl-Continental Hotel Karachi is the market leader in Hospitality Industry when it comes to big ideas and steps. In order to refine the customer experience, the company claimed another milestone with the Laundry Shop opening in Rahat Commercial, Phase VI, DHA. The aim is to provide a better experience to customers by increasing convenience as providing unmatchable services is one of the main objectives of Pearl-Continental Hotels. Launching a Laundry Shop in DHA Karachi shows that the hotel aims to provide quality personalized service to satisfy customer’s needs. Delivering customized service before a guest makes a request shows extraordinary attention…
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KARACHI: His Excellency Totok Prianamto, Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia, said that Indonesia is also reach of Sea foods like Pakistan, we exporting to many Countries and getting foreign revenue, he was talking to media after the inauguration of sea food festival at Beach Luxury Hotel. The diplomats from Russia, SriLanka, Japan were also present on the occasion along with the host Mr. M. Azeem Qureshi, Corporate Director Sales Avari group & General Manager Beach Luxury Hotel. The fresh lobsters resting over ice chips in the little blue and white sail boat at Casbah, Beach Luxury Hotel’s 72-year-old…
NEW DELHI: India is one of the preferred destinations for MVT, occupying the fifth position among 41 major medical tourism destinations as per Medical Tourism Index Overall ranking, 2016. India’s market for medical tourism is expected to touch the $9 billion mark by 2020, according to a report released by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Ernst & Young. As per the report titled ‘India: Building Best Practices in Healthcare Services Globally 2019’, the rising costs of health care in developed countries such as the US and the UK will make India an affordable alternative…
MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, has received a four-star official airline rating at the Future Travel Experience (FTE) – APEX Expo which is being held in Singapore. The event saw top airlines from around the world gathered for the announcement of one of the industry’s most anticipated official rating honors. The rating programme is based solely on certified passengers’ feedback. More than one million flights were rated by passengers across nearly 600 airlines from around the world. Passengers rated their overall flight experience and were given the opportunity to provide anonymous ratings in subcategories such as seat…
MONTREAL: Figures from the International Air Transport Association have revealed demand climbed 3.8 per cent in September when compared to the same month last year.The trend is broadly unchanged from the performance recorded in August. In September, capacity increased by 3.3 per cent, while load factors climbed 0.4 percentage point to 81.9 per cent.The latter is a record for any September. “September marked the eighth consecutive month of below average demand growth. “Given the environment of declining world trade activity and tariff wars, rising political and geopolitical tensions and a slowing global economy, it is difficult to see the trend…
KARACHI: Professional Institute of Hotel & Tourism Management (POHTM) organized a seminar on “Scope & Career in Industrial Catering” last week. Group photo taken on the occasion shows Mr. Graham Innis, Country Manager, Zia ul Haq & Sons, Chef Tahir and Mr. Mansoor Iqbal Siddiqui, Director POHTM along with POHTM Chefs & students. Mr. Graham Innis shares his vast and amazing experience of catering organization and highlight the career opportunities in catering businesses.
Edwin W. Stephan, founder and visionary of Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, has died at the age of 87. In the late 1960s, he envisioned a cruise line offering year-round cruises from Miami on ships of a kind never before seen in the industry. His goal was to build three cruise ships that provided a level of service and luxury that would surpass what hotels were offering on land. Under his watch, Royal Caribbean built Song of Norway, the first ship purpose-built for cruising. The cruise ship first set sail from Miami, Florida on November 7, 1970. The ship was built…
LAHORE: Renowned Folk Singer and PTI Leader Abar-ul-Haq visited TDCP head office last week where advisor to CM on tourism Mr. Asif Mehmood, Chairman Board of Director TDCP Dr. Shoail Zafar Cheema and MD. TDCP warmly welcomed him. Mr. Asif Mehmood briefed Abar-ul-Haq regarding the present and ongoing projects of TDCP. He said that TDCP has been acknowledged as trend setter and catalyst and has taken several initiatives to promote culture and heritage of different tourist destinations of Punjab. Talking to the high ups of TDCP Abar-ul-Haq said that the PTI Govt. takes every measure for the promotion of tourism…
ISLAMABAD: Italy is ready to extend technical and financial assistance for promoting sustainable tourism in Pakistan which will eventually help redress specific social issues. Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Stefano Pontecovero held out the assurance during a meeting with Chairman National Tourism Coordination Board (NTCB) Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari on Wednesday. The envoy said Italy was willing to extend technical assistance to Pakistan for the execution of community-based projects in the tourism sector to alleviate poverty, generate income, and support youth employment. Lauding Pakistani government’s steps for tourism promotion in the country, he said the opening of Kartarpur Corridor was a…
RIYADH: Tourism visa applications to Saudi Arabia have boomed since the kingdom announced it was opening its doors to more foreign visitors in September. The country revealed its £98 e-visa system was open for citizens of 49 countries on September 27th – and some 77,000 applications were processed in the first month. That is according to Majed Alghanim, segment director of tourism at the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, who was speaking at World Travel Market in London. Despite still reeling from the fallout of the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi in October last year and continued criticism over its human…